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Various Artists: Soul Comes Home
by C. Michael Bailey
Soul Comes Home (CD and DVD) resulted from the April 30, 2003 celebration of the opening of the Stax Museum of America Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, performed at the famous Orpheum Theater. A portion of the proceeds from the CD and DVD is to be donated to the Stax Museum and Music Academy. ...
Various Artists: Bar Room Blues
by C. Michael Bailey
Compilations assembled from several recent releases by a given record company serve the important role of exposing the said label’s talent roster to the public in as efficient manner as possible. Telarc Blues has taken the practice to the next level by assembling their collections with a theme. The label displayed its sense of humor with ...
Various Artists: Africa Straight Ahead
by AAJ Staff
Africa Straight Ahead is the latest curve ball tossed by Heads Up since label head Dave Love visited Cape Town in 1998 and fell in love with South African jazz. Normally devoted to jazz on the softer side, the label's Africa Series put out two volumes of Smooth Africa in 2000 and 2003. Tapping ...
Various Artists: New School University Jazz Program 2002/2003
by AAJ Staff
In two decades, the New School has become a veritable musical institution. Regularly graduating first-rate musicians under the tutelage of some of the greatest living artists, it continues successfully to pump out one amazing class after another. This sampler is a superb cross section of that fine up-and-coming, and in some cases arrived, talent.
Various Artists: Africa Straight Ahead
by C. Michael Bailey
Heads Up Records continues its Africa Series with Africa Straight Ahead, a collection of reasonably mainstream jazz offerings by prominent South African jazz musicians. Listening to this collection conjures a couple of observations. First, jazz long ago became a universal language, assimilating the cultural characteristics of those composing and performing the music. Second, while not veering ...
Various Artists: Rewind3! Original Classics Reworked, Remixed, Reedited and Rewound 3
by Chris M. Slawecki
“The Rewind concept is simple—a selection of our current favorite artists, producers, and bands record new versions of tunes that inspired them to make the music you love ‘em for now.” On Rewind3, Ubiquity’s international roster of jazz and electronic artists from the US, England, Portugal, Italy, and Sweden, puts their unique spin on ...
Various Artists: Free Zone Appleby 2002
by Rex Butters
Eight of Europe’s premier free improvisers come together to play in different groupings, but only once together, on Free Zone Appleby 2002. The all star cast makes the double disc set a state-of-the-art free music anthology. The musicians involved in the project have in their own ways accepted sound as music and create through traditional and ...
Various Artists: Verve//Remixed2
by Chris M. Slawecki
“When we first started working on the Verve Remixed project four years ago, we were excited at the chance to have some of our favorite DJs and producers apply their unique musical ideas to the classic, timeless jazz in the Verve vaults,” co-producers Dahlia Ambach Caplin and Jason Olaine wrote in the liner notes to Remixed2. ...
Various Artists: Verve//Unmixed2
by Chris M. Slawecki
This compilation presents the source material, the original Verve sessions (most produced by Norman Granz or Creed Taylor) for the Verve//Remixed2 project. Female vocalists dominate, with two songs each from Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald plus tracks by Astrud Gilberto, Betty Carter, and Sarah Vaughan. Unmixed2 cuts from Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, and Dizzy Gillespie also ...
Pure Jazz Encore
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
2. Killer Joe - The Jazztet
3. Every Day I Have the Blues - Count Basie
4. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday
5. In a Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane
6. Let's Face the Music and Dance - Diana Krall
7. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Nat King Cole
8. Linus and Lucy
9. "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis
10. Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
11. Sweet Georgia Brown - Django Reinhardt
12. Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong
13. I Feel Pretty - Sarah Vaughan
14. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
15. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
16. Lullaby of Birdland - George Shearing
17. Confirmation - Charlie Parker
18. Someone to Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald
19. My One and Only Love - John Coltrane
